Happy 13th birthday, Lydia!

My sister, Lydia turned 13 on the 28th of September...wow! I told her she is practically a lady :) Lydia loves to garden, work with animals and just about anything outside, and recently has enjoyed learning and doing inside stuff as well, like cooking...



Lydia with some turnovers that she made

Love you sis, and my prayer is that you will not only grow physically, but spiritually as well!

Family Shoot

Today Nana and Pa came up, and Nana took some pics of us :

Making Applesauce

Yesterday me and my friend, Lori canned applesauce...  We made 35 quarts of applesauce and 8 quarts of apple pie filling.

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Bowling

Last night we decided to go bowling together (I have never been bowling)...I was horrible at it, and decided it's not really my thing :D I have played the wii version at someone's house, and decided I like it better then the real thing ;)

But anyway...

All bundled up!

The other night we went for a walk and it was cool (64) and breezy...

5 months old!!!

...as of the 24th...

Look who came to visit...

...Aunt Tammy! James sure had a great time with her (and we did too :) )



Thanks for coming, Tam! Come again, sooon!